““Can you understand me?“ Logan thought at the Hell Hound.“Yes, but your thought projection is weak. It will improve with practice.““Good,... “ Logan replied with his thoughts. “Then piss off so I can mourn the loss of my friend.”“Of course.“ The beast rose and ambled away toward the cavern entrance to the outside world. “I will be outside whenever you wish to speak further.“Beauty watched the beast turn and leave. She looked at her lover with confusion in her golden eyes. “Logan ... weird.. Carly scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds in only 28 minutes since the Coach Davis didn't want to risk her starters getting hurt, she pulled them all and got the bench players some playing time in the lopsided victory.Carly checked her messages when she got back to the hotel. She have several. The ones she was looking for though came from Freddie and Sam.Great game, k**. Good luck on the next one. Sam sent her.Awesome showing Shay. Good luck in the rest of the tournament. Freddie wrote.You. He'd been 'in communication' with the ship for weeks now, and this last day, these last few hours, were the culmination of events that Sam had seen even before the ship had been able to reach him."Would you prefer to meet now, or together with your people?" the voice of the ship spoke in his thoughts."I'd like to have some sense of you before then, so now would be good," Sam thought in response. "have you finished adjusting your environment?" Yes, it is suitable now. You are currently. I had to keep reminding myself that this was real and not just a figment of my youthful and somewhat twisted imagination."Sheila, I think your mother is very beautiful and in no way does she look her age. It seems that all the women in your family are blessed with extraordinary beauty, eternal youth and boundless sexual energy. I am not only very fortunate but also thrilled that you all find me desirable and want me," I told her truthfully."Michael, I know I told Mom that Sylvia and I would.